video games already have enough problems...we don't need people, like her, giving more fuel to the fire...if you have a problem with 'damnsels' in distress, also target movies that do the same thing...my goodness, doesn't she anything else better to do?

This woman is does bend the truth to fit it in to her agenda. Just ignore her and instead maybe think how to learn and respect each other without sacrificing your own personality.

She got an awful lot of money for... this. Even her rewards suck, though. $500 for the DVD set? That's nuts. Especially if it takes her this long to put out movies... She's probably just coasting by on the absurd amount of money that was donated. I don't really like stuff like this. Not because of the subject matter, but because of how unprofessionally it's done. Recite some well known facts, paint women as the victim, say how it's unfair, don't do any real comparisons, make a sad face, call for change, etc, etc. I could make myself look like a fool, adopt a higher pitch in my voice, and whine about it, too. Could I make $150,000? That's not a terrible price for some mild humiliation. Plus, I could laugh at all the fools who jump to defend me, just because I'm talking about a touchy subject. Really though, give me a professionally done video on the subject, and maybe I'll listen. I'm not sure what there is to be said, though. Men like women, sex sells, women give in to the pressure and society then forces them into these roles. Instead of trying to do their own thing, they fall in line and then complain about how they're treated. I'm sorry, but that's going to do very little to change things. Two things can be done to start making an impact. First off, women can get into game development and start portraying females how they want, and secondly, they can stop flouncing around in skimpy costumes. I don't want to hear how they want to connect with the same characters that they complain are degrading women. Use some common sense, ladies.

Hey... there have been far worse things that have been funded with Kickstarter that probably didn't go through.  It's not a con if people are willing to give her money to do these videos.  That's the risk that the investors took for funding her.

Also, there's nothing wrong with people having opinions.  Just as some here might feel like this video is useless, others might feel that it is useful.  Personally, I'm neutral with her presentation.  I think what's most interesting is the reaction from people on the topic.

In the end regardless of the video, I would still like a wider variety of female main characters that are playable (note I said "playable" and not just in the story).  I think there's something to be said that the largest franchises don't have very many playable female roles and if there are they fill certain token roles like beautiful modelesque healer/CC vs. butch tough badass crazy (think Starbuck from BSG or Ripley from Alien).  Just asking for a little more variety here, which I think isn't too much to ask.

I think a great video to watch with a male perspective on this whole thing is OBJECTIFICATION AND... MEN? (Jimquisition) from The Escapist Magazine.  www.youtube.com/watch  He has some interesting points about the definition of objectification and the difference between male & female characters in gaming.

Well, you fought fire with plasma there. Great.

I feel that Anita is far too negative in her "analysis." Rather than provide feedback, offer alternatives, or even really inspect what makes these characters work; she just points the finger (if I remember correctly she implies that female characters used to be objects to satisfy male teens). It frustrates me in the somewhat accusing and factual way she presents her opinions. One of her video responses (by KiteTail or something) does a much better job in portraying what these videos should be, well-thought, analytically videos that look at both sides rather than somewhat harsh accusations at beloved characters. That said I love strong female characters in both lead and supporting roles and would love to have more.

I completely respect her opinion, but I don't particularly agree with her on all points. She does make some valid points and some gamers just need to be mature and deal with this rationally, instead of flagging her videos. This is just a person expressing their opinion. I may not have agreed with everything portrayed here, but I definitely found this video viable. I am definitely going to watch part 3 once it becomes available, if only for getting another viewpoint on this matter.

My opinion she should donate that money to female game designers/ writers (no limits EX:only feminist)

2) donate that money to increase security in dangerous areas which female assaults occur

But was 150,000 dollars really a necessary payment?

Wait, I thought the point of Alan Wake was that Alan had been taken. The rest of it is sort of ambiguous, whether or not Alice had been taken too, but I'd thought that the majority of the game was imaginary.

If the world were up to people like Anita, there would be no deviation from her worldview, and everything would be perfect...for people who think like her. The best way to change stereotypical representations in any medium? Make your own game or movie or painting and make it well, showing people your point of view. What is the best way to turn off just about everyone with your message? Complain about how things are, alienate the people who should be hearing the message and offer no strategy other than...more complaining.

HEY ***!! We tried to get to get you women to play video games!!! I remember all the way back to the 2600 when girls thought video games were *** stooopid and gamers never *** got laid. It was a woman free zone....BY CHOICE OF WOMEN!!! So in a place where there are no women to give the input guess what happened? You got the MALE PERSPECTIVE!!! Is it right ? *** no,but thats why it got to the point of women doing nothing but being saved. But looky looky, girls like games now and boy video game nerds get laid on the reg. With more female input womens roles in gaming are and WILL get better. I hate the fact that women were relegated to this place in gaming,but it's pretty easy to explain how it got that way, and it's even easier to fix......MORE FEMALE GAMERS!!! the end. p.s. your welcome. Oh,and that edited curse word in the beginning starts with a G not a B.

I really am not a fan of these videos. Good intentions, bad excecution.

I don't see what all hate is about, it's just a Youtube video, it'll all be forgotten in a few months anyway.

Just ignore it if you don't like it. If not for the Kickstarter, I doubt this video would even be news, it'd just be another video is a huge line of them out there.

People seem to be mostly pissed that she got so much money.

Why is this news?

"Comments are disabled for this video" Of course they're disabled, you wouldn't want to be corrected and look bad like in your first video, oh no. Just dismiss them as trolls and turn a blind eye, that always works, right, Anita?

I will agree with her on one thing: storytelling in games needs to improve. Many stories, especially those in the "Triple A Mainstream" games are superficial farces at best. The thing is though, that the people who crafted those stories know that they're escapist fantasy, so they're deliberately silly. The men are unrealistically buff (an aspect that goes unmentioned in this video), and the women are beautiful, busty damsels. It sure as hell doesn't HELP with the whole feminist ideal of female empowerment, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's killing the female spirit. The rest is all just so insulting. She preaches female empowerment, while at the same time making women look like victims of men. Then, she implies that men are so stupid as to derive their thoughts and opinions of women as a gender from video games. I don't know about anyone else, but my regard for women has to do with the examples around me as I grew up. And while there were damsels in distress and the like in video games and on television, my ability to regard women as human beings has not suffered, even one iota. Her mention of "male power fantasies" and the like just makes me think that she regards men as inferior, power-hungry sex hounds who indulge in these games so they don't have to worry about having to think. Also, while she cites a lot of examples of these tropes being over-used in video games - which is a valid point - she doesn't seem to care whether the context of the story, or the character's emotional states have anything to do with these scenes. She always just reduces it to the event itself, as if it has nothing to do with the rest of the story surrounding it. This kind of reductionist thinking is very dangerous. Lastly, I don't like how she frequently says "the developers must have thought..." because it's an assumption, which hurts her argument. But then, I'm just man. What can I be expected to know, right?

Too bad she doesn't except any form of criticism or arguments.

FFS even female characters that take the lead role are seen as a bad thing by her so she really can't be taken seriously.

It's hard to take her seriously when she hand-waves the context within a particular game.